Change Your Mind (Sharpe & Numan song)

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"Change Your Mind"
Single by Sharpe & Numan
ReleasedFebruary 1985
GenreSynth-pop
LabelPolydor
Songwriter(s)Bill Sharpe, Roger Odell
Producer(s)Bill Sharpe
Sharpe & Numan singles chronology
"Change Your Mind"
(1985) 		"New Thing from London Town"
(1985)

"Change Your Mind" is a song recorded by synth-pop duo Sharpe & Numan. Written by Shakatak members Bill Sharpe and Roger Odell and featuring lead vocals by Gary Numan.

Sharpe from 1982 was at the time working on the production of Shakatak's albums starting from the "Invitations" album, which was produced at Rock City Studios owned by Numan himself. It was here where Sharpe started production on his first solo album "Famous People". The engineer Nick Smith whom was also working with Numan at the time suggested that Numan should guest his vocals on the song after it was decided Sharpe would not be appropriate for singing.[1]

The fashion that Numan incorporated with his blue hair, white powdered face and blue tie with a white suit is an amalgamation of his 1984 image of Berserker and his 1985 then upcoming album The Fury.

It was released as a single in February 1985. It was a top 20 hit on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at No. 17 in March 1985.[2] It was also an international success, spending four weeks & peaking 39 in the New Zealand singles chart, 22 in Ireland, 35 in the US Dance Charts[3] and entering the Swedish Trackslistan for one week at number 19.[4]

All songs on the single are included on Bill Sharpe's solo album Famous People (1985). The A-side "Change Your Mind" also appears on the Sharpe & Numan album Automatic, released in 1989.[5]

In 2010, Automatic which the song featured on was repackaged on CD by Polydor.

In 2015, Change Your Mind had been featured on the background of 30th Anniversary episode of EastEnders as it featured numerous hits from the year of 1985.

The song featured on the "Famous People Live" live album in 2018, recorded in 2016. Numan being unable to attend to guest his vocals for the song living in L.A., he was replaced with Tessa Niles who featured on the original, with a rearrangement in the song to suit a jazz style. Although Numan did send over a 30 second message to introduce the song for the show.

Track listing[]

UK 7" single

  1. "Change Your Mind" - 4.10
  2. "Remix, Remake, Remodel" - 3.59

UK 12" single

  1. "Change Your Mind" - 8.30
  2. "Remix, Remake, Remodel" - 3.59
  3. "Fools in a World" - 3.43

US 12" single

  1. "Change Your Mind" (Razormaid Version) - 7:25
  2. "Change Your Mind" (Single Version) - 4:04
  3. "Change Your Mind" (Extended Version) - 8:30

Charts[]

Country Peak Position
United Kingdom (BPI) [6] 17
Sweden (Trackslistan) [7] 19
Ireland (IRMA) 22
US Dance Charts 35
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [8] 39

References[]

  1. ^ Bill Sharpe, retrieved 2021-08-06
  2. ^ Sharpe & Numan Official Charts
  3. ^ Change Your Mind hitparade.ch
  4. ^ Trackslistan 9 March 1985 Sveriges Radio
  5. ^ Sharpe & Numan Automatic Discogs.com
  6. ^ "SHARPE & NUMAN | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
  7. ^ Radio, Sveriges. "Tracks". sverigesradio.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-08-06.
  8. ^ "Sharpe And Numan - Change Your Mind - hitparade.ch". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
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